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Scheduling

baller said:
SCHEDULING-SCHEDULING-SCHEDULING... WHAT IS THE POINT OF WEST COAST BAPTIST?

Compare Weber and Montana's scheduling this year. You know the weakness of Weber's schedule already. Montana scheduled 13 pre-conference games this year versus Weber's 11. As of this moment Montana is 3-7 with three games to go and Weber is 3-6 with two games to go.

Montana's Schedule...
Home Games - San Jose State (W), Wisc-Milw (W), Wyoming (L) so 2-1...
Road Games - USC (L), Mississippi (L), South Dakota (L), Wyoming (L), with Oregon & Riverside yet to be played.
Neutral Games - NC State (L), Wash State (L), ORU (W) so 1-2 with no games left to play.

Montand has not one lower division team on its schedule with an overall record of 3-7. Is it beyond anyone's imagination as to which team will be better prepared to enter the Conference race? How can Montana get good teams to come to its gym when Weber cannot. I submit that Montana uses the revenue generated from the likes of USC, Mississippi and Oregon to pay for those who visit our gym. Why can't we do the same? Because Rahe doesn't want to do it, thats why. He wants to pad his record against nobodies.

Rahe, get rid of those lower division pukes you schedule every year. Anyone who saw last nights game could not claim any benefit from it. Yes, maybe Morris got to play but he won't ever play in a meaningful game with Weber. Will be gone after this season to a school where he is able to play. Some might argue that Dallas got meaningful minutes, but how can anyone think that the experience he got against a team that couldn't beat a good high school team bring any value to his development.

So all here have noticed the poor pre-conference record that Rahe has amassed since his arrival at Weber. It is a trend that becomes more entrenched each year. Maybe there is something in his coaching style that doesn't lend itself to early season victories? Certainly it is obvious to me that his teams are playing better by mid-season than they do in early season. Yet other coaches are able to win early. Is there a flaw in Rahe's coaching that results in this?
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Mid major schools like Gonzaga,Butler,and Xavier,to name a few,have eager,intense,coaches that will do what it takes to win,and be successful,year in and year out.Check those teams pre conference schedules.I don't want to bash Rahe.He doesn't have the vision,for all of that.I think he has become too comfortable in his job through the years.especially with the new long term contract.I don't go to games anymore.I wonder if there are any other fans becoming disinterested?
 
Russ said:
Mid major schools like Gonzaga,Butler,and Xavier,to name a few,have eager,intense,coaches that will do what it takes to win,and be successful,year in and year out.Check those teams pre conference schedules.I don't want to bash Rahe.He doesn't have the vision,for all of that.I think he has become too comfortable in his job through the years.especially with the new long term contract.I don't go to games anymore.I wonder if there are any other fans becoming disinterested?
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Big East schools don't count as mid-major in hoops. So therefore Xavier and Butler Do not count as mid majors.
 
AJ, there are many examples of coaches in mid-major schools that do desire to rise above the riff/raff and excel against higher levels of competition. I hope you aren't suggesting that it is ok that Rahe isn't one of them...
 
baller said:
AJ, there are many examples of coaches in mid-major schools that do desire to rise above the riff/raff and excel against higher levels of competition. I hope you aren't suggesting that it is ok that Rahe isn't one of them...
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If you have followed this fanboard for very long you would know that I HATE our schedule as it seems to get worse every year... I was just pointing out that Big East Schools are NOT considered Mid-major programs. :coffee:
 
AJ clearly the point Russ made was Butler left the Horizon league in 2011 in part because of aggressive non conference scheduling. Xavier left the A 10 in 2013 in part because of aggressive non conference scheduling. Try to keep up...
 
WeberSki said:
AJ clearly the point Russ made was Butler left the Horizon league in 2011 in part because of aggressive non conference scheduling. Xavier left the A 10 in 2013 in part because of aggressive non conference scheduling. Try to keep up...
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Ugh you forgot to mention that Gonzaga moved up from the Big Sky 35+ years ago, talk about needing to keep up there weberski :rofl:
 
Gonzaga = No Football
Wichita State = No Football
St Mary's = No Football
Xavier = No Football
Creighton = No Football

Allocation of resources may have a bigger impact than we think. All of these current or former mid-majors have risen to basketball prominence don't have football.
 
webergrad02 said:
Gonzaga = No Football
Wichita State = No Football
St Mary's = No Football
Xavier = No Football
Creighton = No Football

Allocation of resources may have a bigger impact than we think. All of these current or former mid-majors have risen to basketball prominence don't have football.
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Nice point and I would assume their administrations put full a focus of building a nice brand-- all eggs in one basket, so to speak.
 
Examples are never proof of anything, an excuses are just that, excuses! They have no bearing on anything one wants to accomplish if one is committed to that accomplishment. We are where we are because a pre-dominant percentage of fans, athletic administration and University officials (not to mention coaches) have chosen to be where we are. If this group as a whole wanted to be in a higher/better place with the basketball program we could get to this place. End of, a sad but true, story...
 
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